When $ is no object...17000 gal tank complete with house

[Delphinus]

Meh, it's impressive but this is more about doing it because he can, and not because of a real love of the subject matter. Seeing that house and his cars, he probably already has a villa on an island somewhere anyhow.

If you want a reef tank you can dive in, why not just call it a "stocked swimming pool". Actually this idea is being tried somewhere, I forget where, is it Chicago? Some organization wants to make an indoor coral reef diving centre. It's an interesting challenge but honestly the decadence of it does make me a little uncomfortable given the current situation of coral reef depletion, we should be focusing more effort on conservation rather than "well I'll just take my own piece of the reef and take it home."

[Phanman]

wow this is crazy. Im sure Bill will stock the reef to his liking and it will be full of coral and fish. I would love to get home from a hard day and jump in my reef, lol. Must be nice to have these kinda challenges with what to do with all your money, hehe. Only time will tell what Bills interpretation of a reef tank looks like.

[Matt]

It will be epic, and epically expensive. I don't imagine I'll like it much. I've never personally seen any monster tanks outside of public aquariums, but I've never seen one I really liked.

I'll make an exception for SuperFudge, and Steve Weast, but I haven't seen those in person, either.

[andrewsk]

I have to say that I would never want a tank this size. I have a 300 Gallon system and ya I would like to have a larger tank, but at some point you lose the intamacy of your reef.

I like knowing the fish in my tank and being able to check up on each corals growth.

A tank that big would be overwhelming. There would be so much stuff in it that you would lose track of all the details.

Just my opinion.

[lastlight]

The 20,000 guy is justjoe on RC. What an amazing job he has...

Here he is at 'work' hehe

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...highlight=clam

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by lastlight

The 20,000 guy is justjoe on RC. What an amazing job he has...

Here he is at 'worl' hehe

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...highlight=clam

Thanks for the link, that's my dream job.

[trilinearmipmap]

Does anyone know why that guy got banned from Reef Central? Just wondering because there is a lot of immature stuff I have seen on that board so I rarely go there any more.

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by argileh

Even Bill Gates can't afford this

Im quite sure bill gates could afford a 100K Gallon, heh.

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Deadly Tank!!! but how many exotic cars does one dude need?

Haha... If you think thats bad, look up Jay Leno's collection... I dont think hes got more than a couple hundred cars but... its a few more

Originally Posted by DanG

Screw him and his 17,000 gallon tank, I'm going to start building a 17,001 gallon tank tomorrow after I get my 6/49 jackpot cheque. 30 mil should cover it, right?

You could probably keep it under 1 mil I'd bet?


+ I agree with the size comments everyone has made.
After a certain point... the tank just gets too large really for it to be 'your tank' and your pets. Its like owning 365 pairs of shoes instead of 5. You'll never get to wear each pair every day or be able to enjoy them all, like you will with just the 5.

[danny zubot]

Pretty impressive.

I don't think that just anyone would do this, unless of couse they loved coral reefs, or am I wrong? I think that he must really enjoy reef environments, so much that he's willing to build his home around one. I mean, he must have thought about what this setup would do to the re-sale of his home if he ever decided to sell it. Of course, the person who who could afford to buy that home should be able to afford to renovate it too I guess.

If I could do it, I would.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

... Its like owning 365 pairs of shoes instead of 5. You'll never get to wear each pair every day or be able to enjoy them all, like you will with just the 5.

I'm pretty sure both of my daughters would argue about that, if they could afford 365 pairs of shoes they would enjoy every one of them